One would think the defensive end would be in line to get a call back today.

Two days after he registered four tackles (one for a loss) and recovered a fumble in Dallas’ 24-6 preseason-ending loss to the Houston Texans at AT&T Stadium, Vega was released as the Cowboys cut their roster to the NFL regular-season limit of 53.

Given his performance on Thursday night, one would have to think that Vega is a candidate for the Cowboys’ practice squad.

While the Brockton High School product was being released in Dallas, in Houston, Easton’s Brennan Williams was placed on the injured reserve list by the Texans.

As for Vega, his performance obviously opened some eyes in Dallas.

Writing in his Scout’s Notebook that was posted on the team’s web site on Friday, Bryan Broaddus, who once served as the Cowboys’ director of pro personnel, offered “there is something to Vega’s game that interests me.”

The Cowboys signed the ex-Boxer on Aug. 21, eight days after his release from the hometown Patriots.

With three tackles in the fourth quarter of the Pats’ 31-22 preseason-opening victory at Philadelphia on Aug. 9, the 6-foot-4, 255-pounder was solid in his one appearance with New England, but he suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in that game and was released the following week.

Undrafted out of Northeastern University, Vega spent two years in the CFL, totaling 66 tackles and 12 sacks for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers during that time.

A third-round draft pick out of the University of North Carolina, it was hoped the 6-foot-6, 318-pound Williams would come in to Houston as a rookie and compete with veteran Derek Newton for the starting right tackle job.

The Catholic Memorial High School product immediately suffered a setback when he suffered a knee injury at the team’s rookie mini-camp in May, however, and the problem has lingered to the point where he was placed on IR on Saturday.